Wangaratta Quotes & Sayings

The Town Clerkship, however, was the means of giving me a lesson in electoral methods. — Catherine Helen Spence

Maybe human beings are programmed ... to help one another, even to fall in love. But just because it's human nature doesn't make it bad ... — Scott Westerfeld

Thank God my parents had an abundance of patience. — Lexa Doig

I lost my innocence with Johnny Cash. I used to watch the 'Johnny Cash Show' on television in Wangaratta when I was about 9 or 10 years old. At that stage I had really no idea about rock n' roll. I watched him, and from that point I saw that music could be an evil thing - a beautiful, evil thing. — Nick Cave

Most Romans believed that their system of government was the finest political invention of the human mind. Change was inconceivable. Indeed, the constitution's various parts were so mutually interdependent that reform within the rules was next to impossible. As a result, radicals found that they had little choice other than to set themselves beyond and against the law. This inflexibility had disastrous consequences as it became increasingly clear that the Roman state was incapable of responding adequately to the challenges it faced. Political debate became polarized into bitter conflicts, with radical outsiders trying to press change on conservative insiders who, in the teeth of all the evidence, believed that all was for the best under the best of all possible constitutions (16). — Anthony Everitt

I think reading a novel is almost next best to having something to do. — Margaret Oliphant

His absence is so big it's like he's there. — Patrick Ness

Massachusetts children cannot only lead the nation in test scores, they can be competitive with the best in the world. And the gap in achievement among races can virtually disappear. — Mitt Romney

MY HUSBAND, STEPHEN DANDO-COLLINS
QUOTED THIS RECENTLY IN WANGARATTA AT A BOOK SIGNING WHEN ASKED ADVICE FOR SUCCESS.........
1. Marry Louise.
2. Do what she tells you.
3. Keep her happy! — Louise Dando-Collins

Hug her. That's what she's there for. — Lisa Cholodenko

The light too brief to finish any work
the woman seeks to amplify the dark — Leatha Kendrick

Great lovers lie in Hell, the stubborn ones
Infatuate of the flesh upon the bones;
Stuprate, they rend each other when they kiss,
The pieces kiss again, no end to this. — John Crowe Ransom

History is what we bring to it, not just the events themselves, but how we interpret those events. — Robert Harris